Mark 7:19

because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the toilet (making all foods clean)?

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

In Context

18And he says to them, Are also ye so without understanding? Do ye not perceive that everything outside that enters into the man cannot defile him,

20And he said, That which comes out of the man, that defiles the man.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:17Do ye not yet understand, that everything entering into the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into a toilet?

Acts 10:15And a voice again for a second time, What God has cleansed, thou shall not make profane.

Romans 14:1But the man who is weak in the faith, do not receive for arguments of opinions.

Colossians 2:16Let not any man therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths,

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:2-24

The Traditions of the Elders; The Worst Defilement from Within. 1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they… Read the whole commentary →

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